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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - The government should provide a decent standard of living for the unemployed.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
9 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea81.0%
2 Sweden77.8%
3 Italy70.5%
4 Japan 69.7%
5 France62.4%
5 Germany62.4%
7 United Kingdom53.0%
8 Australia52.3%
9 United States48.6%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: unweighted sum of Flanders and Wallony. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 1 countries.

Source
ISSP 2009

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -2.065195 X +8.062
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.475
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.226

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -65557.058314 X +91553.014
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.604
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.365

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 11.206629 X +74.718
Correlation coefficient (r)0.616
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.379

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = -1.507464 X +2.437
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.591
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.349

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data9
Regression equation
Y = 25.882698 X -2.403
Correlation coefficient (r)0.473
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.224